Thanks....that example got me pointed in the right direction..... Thanks to Michael as well that site looks to be a very good resource Dan Lansing -----Original Message----- From: Troy.A Johnson [mailto:troy.johnson at health.state.mn.us] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 12:03 PM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: RE: [TCLUG] scripting Dan, I like examples, so: >>>>>START>>>>> #!/bin/bash echo -n "Enter a filename: " read file0 file1=${file0}1 if [ -f $file0 ]; then if [ -r $file0 ]; then if [ ! -f $file1 ]; then mv $file0 $file1 else echo "${file1} exists." exit 1 fi else echo "${file0} is not readable." exit 1 fi else echo "${file0} does not exist." exit 1 fi exit 0 >>>>>>END>>>>>> That said, I like Perl and would use it instead. Good luck, Troy >>> Dan.Lansing at andersencorp.com 08/07/03 11:35AM >>> Sorry....i want to use bash scripting for this....should have had that in original message if it is even relevant -----Original Message----- From: Lansing, Dan Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 11:34 AM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: [TCLUG] scripting I am very new to scripting....i want to write a script that asks me to enter a variable and the plugs that into a command For example I run test.sh And it asks me for a file name I enter 'file' and it renames 'file' to 'file1' How can I do this? Anyone know of any good sites to get scripting tutorials? _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list